So what exactly is meatspace? And Man Jose?

Yeah, I know it’s not nice to interrupt. But I had to break in recently when a computer scientist kept using a word I’d never heard.

“Meatspace?” I said. “What on earth is meatspace?”

He seemed puzzled that I was puzzled, but answered, “Um, you know, the real world — as opposed to the virtual world.”

I silently posed a follow-up: Why not just say physical world?

I knew better than to actually ask the question. People love jargon, especially if they’re obsessed with the world beyond the meatspace.

Fortunately, the world’s top dictionaries are ever watchful for new or modified words and terms. Their lexicographers regularly post explanations online. Merriam-Webster has generated a lot of buzz lately by doing this on Twitter, and not just for tech and cyber words.

It’s “Trumpsplaining” is hugely popular.

In this spot, we’re focus on Internet and tech words and terms you might not have heard. A sample:

Phone sleep: The hour in bed you spend checking your phone before you actually go to sleep.

Mouse potato: A person who spends a great deal of leisure time in front of a computer.

Slacktivism: Actions taken to bring about political or social change but requiring only minimal commitment, effort, or risk: students engaging in slacktivism by signing an online petition.

Man Jose: A city in the Silicon Valley that’s home to a large number of male software engineers.

Honey monkey: A program that imitates a human user to lure, detect and identify malicious activity on the Internet.

Drive-by download: A program that is automatically downloaded to your computer without your consent or even your knowledge.

Fannying: Wasting time, messing about.

Script kiddie: A person who relies on pre-made programs and files ("scripts") to conduct his hacking, and refuses to bother to learn how they work.

Tech-block: When a girl pulls out her phone or opens up her laptop to make herself seem unavailable.

Tweetstorm: A series of connected tweets about a particular subject, often a passionate rant.

Egosurf: To search the internet for instances of one's own name or links to one's own website.

Facebook Friend: Somebody you met in real life once who is useful for increasing your friend count and possibly the like counts of your latest selfies but likely someone you will never talk to again.

TL, DR: Too long, didn’t read

Moved to Atlanta: Slang for 404 status code, or the “page not found” error you sometimes get on websites. The number refers to Atlanta’s area code

Dox: To search for and publish private or identifying information about a particular individual on the internet, typically with malicious intent.